Raymond Trinh
ASA 150E
Prof. Valverde
In Brother Enemy: The War After the War, Nayan Chanda present in detail how close Washington came in 1977 to establishing ties with Hanoi and why President Ford shelved the issue. Chanda presents a startling and well-supported explanation for the Cambodian massacres: a Khmer Rouge decision that Cambodian revolutionary power had to be built at breakneck speed by means of ideological “purification” to prepare for the inevitable life-or-death struggle against the Vietnamese. Chanda states, “The story of the last decade should serve as an object lesson: history and nationalism - not ideology - shape the future of this volatile region. Whatever may be the appearance, it is very hard to find real puppets in Indochina”. In Chanda’s view, history and nationalism are more important factors than ideology in explaining the breakdown of relations among the “red brotherhood”. She further states that Vietnam, once a hero of the Third World, has become an international pariah, largely due to Hanoi’s policy toward Cambodia.
How will the United States tell it's past history in the next 20 years?
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